Monomachus ruficeps Brullé, 1846

Notton, David G., 2007, A catalogue of types of the smaller taxa of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with notes on the history of the insect collection of L. A. G. Bosc d’Antic, Zoosystema 29 (3), pp. 457-470 : 461

Monomachus ruficeps Brullé, 1846

Monomachus ruficeps Brullé, 1846: 535 .

CURRENT STATUS. — Monomachus fuscator (Perty, 1833) .

LECTOTYPE (designated by Schulz 1911). — Brazil, São Paulo province, north of São Paulo, ♀ ( MNHN).

LABELS. — Muséum Paris/ Nord Capit’e/ de St Paul; Monomachus / ruficeps Br. ; Du Nord/ de la capit/ de St Paul; type; Holotype / Monomachus ruficeps / Brullé, fide Musetti & Johnson 2000 [lectotype ♀].

REMARKS

There is no conclusive evidence that the original description was based on a single specimen, and so there is not a holotype. Schulz (1911) may be considered to have designated a lectotype ( ICZN 1999: Art. 74.5) when he wrote: “Nach Ansicht des typischen ♀ von ruficeps Brullé im Museum Paris” [= From an examination of the typical female of ruficeps Brullé in Paris Museum]. The lectotype is pinned, and slightly mouldy, with the left flagellum missing after the first segment, the right flagellum missing after the third segment, the right fore wing and both hind wings a little broken, and the apex of the left mid tarsus missing. The synonymy established by Schulz (1904), and recently confirmed by Musetti & Johnson (2004), is followed here.